Sesame for Families
Everything you need to help children grow smarter, stronger, kinder
Scroll to discover printables, videos, and more on topics important to your family or the families you work with.
Monster Meltdown
Meltdowns happen… but they are somewhat predictable! As you try to handle them, curiosity and patience go a long way.
Parenting Moment: Reflecting
The way you talk with children matters… your words have power!
6 Ways to Practice Nurturing Parenting
Tips from a pediatrician on understanding, empathizing with, encouraging, and positively guiding children.
C is for Choice
A game about making choices, big and small.
Try It! Stop, Stretch, Switch
Try this strategy to help little ones transition away from screen time.
Understanding Digital Well-Being: A Guide for Parents & Caregivers
Digital well-being is about understanding and making choices about media as a part of family life, in order to learn, play, connect, relax, and feel closer to one another.
I Love the Rain
Watch Elmo and Grover sing about how rain helps Earth’s people, animals, and plants live and grow.
Bug Boogie
Sing and dance with Elmo, Abby, and some bug pals and learn the wonderful things that insects do for plants and gardens.
Sunny Days Song
Join Elmo, Big Bird, and friends to sing “Sunny Day” and see the beauty of Hawaii, from its beaches to volcanic mountains.
See You Later Alligator
A special, loving good-bye routine can make separations easier.
Crayon Power
Coloring together can soothe both children and grown-ups.
Bubble Time
A quiet activity such as blowing bubbles can help both children and adults breathe deeply, slow down… and calm down.
Pillow Hugs
Hugging a pillow covered with an item of a loved one’s clothing can help comfort children when they’re missing them.
Look Up, Look Down
Counting Outdoors: Memory Match
A concentration-style counting game featuring things children see in the natural world.
Focus & Observe
An article on building science skills with a fun and simple prop.
A Walk Around the Block
An article exploring opportunities for outdoor learning.
Supporting Whole Family Recovery with Sesame Street
A heartfelt and practical discussion on what it means to reunify as a family after treatment for addiction.
All About Karli: A Story About Reconnecting
A story about reconnecting after a parent and child’s time apart during recovery from addiction.
Routines at the Ready: Weekly Schedule
A printable tool for keeping up with routines.
I Can Take Good Care of Myself
A printable page to remind children of all the ways they care for themselves.
Thinking Ahead: A Care Plan
A printable page to help plan for children’s care in case of unexpected challenges.
Plan and Protect
An article about planning for safe caregiving when dealing with substance use.
Guest Post: When Plans Don’t Go As Planned
When routines and plans get interrupted, there are ways to talk with children and show them that they’re still safe and loved.
Featured Resource Categories
Discover tons of resources that help kids (and parents!) with what matters most in young lives: health and wellness, social-emotional skills, and school readiness.
Healthy Minds and Bodies
Help children build healthy habits to last a lifetime.
ABCs and 123s
Build vocabulary, spark curiosity, and help children think critically, preparing them to succeed in school and in life.
How to Talk to Kids about Tough Topics
Caring adults can help kids learn coping and resilience-building techniques to help them face tough challenges like divorce, foster care, grief, and more.
Put in some professional development hours by taking an online course
Habits for Family Well-Being in a Digital Age
This online course equips providers to support families and young children with digital well-being strategies and engaging content to foster safe, connected, and enriching media experiences—both online and offline!
Welcome to SesameWorkshop.org!
In this webinar, you’ll follow along for a walkthrough of the website, including the new Family Resources section!
We’re here to support childcare providers, teachers, and program leaders just like you.
Provider Portrait: Zoraima Rosario-Rolón (Caring for FFNs)
Zoraima Rosario-Rolón, provider to family, friend, and neighbor caregivers, explores strategies to support these important community members every day.
Map Your Space: Making the Most of Learning in Your Space
A webinar that helps you get creative and make a plan to level-up the potential for learning in your space.
Provider-Parent Communications Log
A printable page to help parents and caregivers communicate about a child’s day.
We’re here to support pediatricians, nurses, promotores, and nutritionists just like you.
Milestones: Your Two-Year-Old
All children grow and develop at their own pace; use this chart to guide your expectations and observations so you can talk to your child’s pediatrician about questions or concerns.
Toddler Tips: Meltdowns
Strategies for during and after a meltdown…and even some ways meltdowns might be avoided.
Elmo’s Magic Blanket
When Elmo is sick and has to stay in bed, he plays pretend with his blanket or sheet.
Descubra imprimibles, videos y otros temas para ayudar a las familias con las que usted trabaja.
Niños quisquillosos para comer
En sus propias palabras
Una página para colorear que ayuda a los niños a explorar las palabras que nombran sentimientos.
O es de Opción
Un juego que enseña a tomar grandes y pequeñas decisiones.
¡Inténtenlo! Alto, estirarse, cambiar
Hagan esta estrategia para ayudar a los pequeños en la transición del tiempo de pantalla.
Bienestar digital: Una guía para padres y cuidadores
El bienestar digital consiste en comprender y tomar decisiones sobre los medios como parte de la vida familiar para aprender, jugar, conectarse, relajarse y sentirse más cerca entre sí.
Brazaletes de amistad
Cuando es difícil estar separados de los seres que amamos, las cosas más pequeñas pueden convertirse en grandes recordatorios de que alguien nos ama y está pensando en nosotros.
Mira arriba, mira abajo
Un cuento que destaca las oportunidades para el aprendizaje al aire libre en el cielo, en el suelo y en todo nuestro alrededor.
Juego imaginativo
En esta actividad aprenda estrategias sobre cómo motivar a los padres a conectarse con su niño interior mientras juegan a pretender con sus niños en casa.
Acerca sobre Karli – Un cuento sobre volverse a conectar
Un cuento sobre volver a conectarse durante el proceso de recuperación de la adicción.
Increíble toque personal
Cuando Julia y su familia hacen una actividad de arte especial, Julia encuentra una manera de agregarle un increíble toque personal a su arte.
¡Simplemente, pregunta!
Con esta canción, los niños se sentirán motivados sobre hacer preguntas.
Cinco maneras fáciles de prepararse para las emergencias
Piense en cinco maneras de prepararse para lo inesperado.
¡A cepillarse esos dientes!
Actividad práctica para mostrar a los niños cómo limpiar sus relucientes dientes
¡Juguemos! Detective de sentimientos
Ayude a los niños a “ver” los sentimientos en el rostro y el cuerpo de las personas y a entender que todos expresamos nuestros sentimientos de diferentes maneras.
Play time and reading time are great times for learning.
Today, Tonight, and Tomorrow
It takes a special kind of patience to handle children’s middle-of-the-night wakeups! Read about how a Monster-Fairy family manages it.
C is for Choice
A game about making choices, big and small.
Counting Outdoors: Memory Match
A concentration-style counting game featuring things children see in the natural world.
Abby’s Letter Garden
Prepare children for school success by exposing them to uppercase letters.
Grow, Grow, Grow!
A story about Elmo and his daddy using a book to grow a flower.
Slow It Down
It’s time to relax, and Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby guide you in these exercises to help calm children experiencing overwhelm with big feelings.
Twiddlebug Toss
Help the Twiddlebugs experiment with a catapult—then make your own!
Transitioning Between Parents
Read this storybook to help your child come up with a simple routine on days they are going between homes.
The Monster-Fairy Family Challenge
Abby and Rudy help spark fun family time with a game you can play anytime, anywhere.
Reading Adventures
Sharing stories now lays the foundation for a lifetime of reading.
The Feeling Basket
A story about “finding a place” for big feelings.
Making It Work
An interactive game that helps children build flexibility.
Elmo’s Brain Games
You can help children build important skills in everyday moments.
